Barcelona Open: Decisive for de Minaur, faces Dimitrov in last 16

Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 8 seed, reached the last 16 of the Barcelona Open by defeating Russian Alexander Shevchenko 6-0, 6-1 at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Wednesday.

De Minaur, ranked No 19, will play Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 11 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Barcelona tournament, Shevchenko, ranked No 98, won against Italian qualifier Lorenzo Giustino (6-2, 6-2).

Barcelona ATP500, other second-round results (Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, clay, EUR 2.722.480, most recent results first):

• Jason Kubler vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Daniel Evans vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Pedro Cachin vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Karen Khachanov
• Cameron Norrie vs. Pavel Kotov
• Francesco Passaro vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. David Goffin: wednesday
• Diego Schwartzman vs. Jannik Sinner: wednesday
• Denis Shapovalov (14) beat Jozef Kovalik (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov beat Emilio Gomez: 6-3, 6-1
• Roberto Bautista Agut (13) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-2, 6-2
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Nuno Borges: 6-3, 6-1
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Frances Tiafoe (5): 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (10) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 6-3
• Casper Ruud (3) beat Ben Shelton: 6-2, 7-6 (1)